A book giveaway for Michael Farris Smith's "Rivers." Literary landmarks, Flannery O'Connor's Prayer Journal and Walker Percy in Literary News. (Non)Required reading about bridging the blues. Booksignings and book festivals in Literary Events, plus a new poem and flash fiction in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
Inside the rural Georgia homes of authors Flannery O’Connor, Alice Walker and Joel Chandler Harris.
Put those big books down. These short stories represent some of the best ever written about the South and offer the chance for escape without the commitment of an entire novel.
Chat with Susan Rebecca White & giveaway for "A Place At The Table." Deep South Lit Trail App named an essential app for Southerners. Southern authors up for a first novel prize & a new book on Flannery O'Connor. Carl Sandburg & Zelda Fitzgerald in Literary Events. And new poetry & fiction in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
We were lucky to spend last Thursday through Saturday in Georgia's scenic Lake Country on Lake Oconee, visiting Milledgeville, Greensboro and Madison.
Flannery O'Connor's birthday today marks the beginning of spring and the perfect time to visit the landmarks of her life in Georgia.
The mother of all booksignings. Literary cakes good enough to eat. News on Flannery O'Connor's Prayer Journal. Voting for The Great American Novel. Amy Franklin-Willis in (Non)Required Viewing. To Kill a Mockingbird in Literary Events, and new fiction in Southern Voice. Happy Literary Friday!
Earlier this month, Flannery O'Connor fans and a few burgeoning ones descended on Lafayette for a symposium on the Southern Catholic writer at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Chatting With Michael Morris. Flannery O'Connor on freaks. Faulkner, Capote & library cards in Literary News. Why Honey Boo Boo is lIke A Flannery O'Connor Character in (Non)Required Reading. A video of Salmon Rushdie's visits to the homes of Southern writers & The Woman Who Was Mistaken for Flannery O'Connor in Southern Voice.
